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Title: Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
Note: Reading ease score: 47.7 (College-level). Difficult to read.
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Summary: "Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action" by George P. Marsh is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. The book discusses the profound impact of human actions on the physical environment, emphasizing how various aspects of nature have been altered by agriculture, industry, and population growth. It aims to highlight the relationship between man and nature, exploring both the destructive and constructive effects of human intervention on the Earth's geography. The opening of the work sets a foundational tone, laying out the author's intentions and the thematic structure of the book. Marsh begins with a preface that emphasizes how human activity has revolutionized the Earth's surface more than natural disasters. He underscores the importance of understanding the effects of human actions on physical geography, warning of the potential dangers arising from careless environmental exploitation. Additionally, the author proposes a framework where he will examine the history of human influence on organic and inorganic life, illustrating the catastrophic and restorative possibilities of our actions on the planet's landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882
EBook No.: 37957
Published: Nov 9, 2011
Downloads: 535
Language: English
Subject: Human geography
Subject: Physical geography
Subject: Conservation of natural resources
Subject: Nature -- Effect of human beings on
LoCC: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Human ecology, Anthropogeography
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action
Note: Reading ease score: 47.7 (College-level). Difficult to read.
Credits:
Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
(This file was
produced from images generously made available by The
Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Summary: "Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action" by George P. Marsh is a scientific publication written in the mid-19th century. The book discusses the profound impact of human actions on the physical environment, emphasizing how various aspects of nature have been altered by agriculture, industry, and population growth. It aims to highlight the relationship between man and nature, exploring both the destructive and constructive effects of human intervention on the Earth's geography. The opening of the work sets a foundational tone, laying out the author's intentions and the thematic structure of the book. Marsh begins with a preface that emphasizes how human activity has revolutionized the Earth's surface more than natural disasters. He underscores the importance of understanding the effects of human actions on physical geography, warning of the potential dangers arising from careless environmental exploitation. Additionally, the author proposes a framework where he will examine the history of human influence on organic and inorganic life, illustrating the catastrophic and restorative possibilities of our actions on the planet's landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Marsh, George P. (George Perkins), 1801-1882
EBook No.: 37957
Published: Nov 9, 2011
Downloads: 535
Language: English
Subject: Human geography
Subject: Physical geography
Subject: Conservation of natural resources
Subject: Nature -- Effect of human beings on
LoCC: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Human ecology, Anthropogeography
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.